Ideal Bite

I always mow the lawn with a reel mower.

What's the goat poo coefficient on this whole idea? I mean, you get your lawn grazed and then you need to clean up after them?

And why the heck do we have lawns anyway???

I LOVE the idea of having a goat mow the lawn! Unfortunately, more than half of the links I tried on the GoatFinder website (the link in the Tip) were dead or pointing to pages that were so old, they were of no use. :-( Good luck making space for that goat, Jen!

They only rent goats in 11 states. Its a wonderful idea, but there are those of us who don't want to take care of an animal. If you do tips like these, please have some options for the rest of the country that doesn't live in these 11 states. Are there other ways of finding people who rent goats or sheep? Its also my impression that sheep are better. Apparently, while goats can eat anything, sometimes they don't, and some they eat down to the roots. Sheep actually create more of a 'lawn' (which is how the lawn look came about, from the village greens in England, where the sheep would graze)

This isn't a very useful tip. People aren't really going to go out and rent a goat to do their lawn mowing. I could see this being funny as an April fools issue, but it's only March 13th!! I hope you aren't running out of actual useful ideas. . . .

Just wanted to mention www.petfinder.com as a great way to find a goat to rescue. I'm surprised that adopting a rescued goat wasn't mentioned in this tip.

I found this tip quite useful, myself. We're (hopefully) about to buy a 12-acre land parcel that has been neglected and will need clearing. We want to keep goats on the property but don't feel like we're ready to make that leap just yet, so a rented goat or two seems like just the ticket to me. And I sympathize with Jen - we are TOTAL suckers. We presently live on a tiny city lot, in a 950 square foot house and we have seven animals (not to mention about eight fish). I'd have a goat and some chickens right now if the city would allow it!

I do own a goat and he has no interest in our "lawn" . He does enjoy the neighbor's garden, house plants and anything with leaves. He can also clear a standard fence by several feet. However, if anyone is interested in renting him, we'll give you a deal. Sheep are better mowers but need constant protection against seemingly friendly dogs.

My mom rented a goat, woke up the next morning and found the poor thing~~dead. Seems that it ate some rhododendren, which was poisonous to it. Opps! So be careful what's within the critter's reach.